Spring Break
A&M students react to attack on Northgate
By: Travis Measley
Issue date: 4/10/07 Section: News
"Although something like that won't scare me away from going to Northgate, we all have to be so much more aware of everything around us," Fenelon said. "Now we have to be ready to react to anything."
Kristen Benkendorfer, a junior accounting major, said that while it is frightening that the incident happened, it could not have been easily prevented.
"It's shocking that it happened so close to home, in our own sheltered bubble that is College Station," Benkendorfer said. "The kids should have been followed outside and checked on, but it can't be the bar's fault. (The bar employees) can't know what will happen when they let people in."
V-Bar was open again Thursday night, the day after the stabbing, as well Friday night, but an employee at a neighboring bar told The Eagle that business seemed slow, and that workers moved slowly to get the bar open behind closed curtains shortly after 9 p.m.
Police arrested 23-year-old Marine Ronald Andrew Johnson on Thursday on charges of murder. Lt. Mark Langwell of the College Station Police Department said Johnson posted the $200,000 bail this weekend and was released.
Kristen Benkendorfer, a junior accounting major, said that while it is frightening that the incident happened, it could not have been easily prevented.
"It's shocking that it happened so close to home, in our own sheltered bubble that is College Station," Benkendorfer said. "The kids should have been followed outside and checked on, but it can't be the bar's fault. (The bar employees) can't know what will happen when they let people in."
V-Bar was open again Thursday night, the day after the stabbing, as well Friday night, but an employee at a neighboring bar told The Eagle that business seemed slow, and that workers moved slowly to get the bar open behind closed curtains shortly after 9 p.m.
Police arrested 23-year-old Marine Ronald Andrew Johnson on Thursday on charges of murder. Lt. Mark Langwell of the College Station Police Department said Johnson posted the $200,000 bail this weekend and was released.
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